Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children accessing the free early education entitlement for under two-year-olds in Coventry.

The government does not offer a funded early education entitlement for under 2-year-olds.

For families with children under 2, the government provides support with up to 85% of childcare costs through Universal Credit and parents being given £2 for every £8 spent on childcare through Tax-Free Childcare.

As of January 2019, 1,102 2-year-old children benefited from funded early years education at providers within Coventry local authority.

The number of 2-year-old children benefiting from funded early years education by region and local authority is available within Table 1LA at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2019. The percentage of 2-year-old children benefiting from funded early education can be found within Table 8LA.